4/09/2010

Friday in the Fort with Awesome Agent Holly Root

You might've noticed that it's impossible for me to reference my literary agent without putting the word AWESOME in front of her name.

That's because she IS.

My query process was quite the whirlwind, and I ended up having to make a choice. I knew I wanted to be represented byAwesome Agent Holly Root andWaxman Literarywhen she said the chemistry between Michael and Em was "molten lava holy cats."

That's just one reason. I'll share more agent love next month when we celebrate our one year anniversary.

For now, just enjoy the ... awesome ... that is Agent Holly.

Favorite comfort food?Depends on the season, but miso soup is on up there. Is that weird? Am I still allowed in the fort?

Sun worshipper, spray tan or SPF 50?SPF 50, which is hilarious because I have my Portuguese grandma to thank for olive skin that actually tans very easily, but I am a very vigilant* so I over-SPF. (*="gigantic hypochondriac")

Beach or lake? Boat or shore?Pool first, then beach over lake, but if lake is all I have then boat is a must. I don't care to swim where things live, in general. Fish don't come to my house and get up in my business, am I right? As a native Tennessean lakes are extra hard for me, on account of they turned up often in the news, in the context of "a dead body was pulled out of X Lake." And if I don't swim where things live, I fo' sure don't swim where dead things live.

What singer/musician/band is a must have for The Fort soundtrack?I will be bringing the Beyonce. Because you know at some point we are all going to have wacky hair and inappropriate makeup and That. Means. Beyonce.

What movie would you bring to watch?You've Got Mail.

Who's the ideal male mascot for the fort and why?NPH! Funny, adorable, and he would probably be kind to me when I told him he was my only, ever, seriously-I'm-not-kidding-yes-I-married-an-actor-I-do-see-the-irony celeb crush, circa Doogie Howser.

Marshmallows, lightly toasted or burned to a crisp?Lightly toasted.

Awake all night or first one to sleep?First one to sleep.

If you could have any YA author visit the fort and tell stories, who would it be and what story would you ask them to tell?I would ask Suzanne Collins to come, but she could kick back and eat bonbons while we fought our own less-deadly, more-hilarity-filled Hunger Games over the ms to Mockingjay. (I would win, clearly, as I have been working on snares and have crafted a very compelling and entirely faux personal narrative.)

Thank you muchly for visiting The Fort!!

And because Awesome Agent Holly is so awesome she's going to give away a copy of Cinderella Society by Kay Cassidy!

UM awesome interview. :) I totally agree with Holly that you should not swim where things live. Though I'm afraid I'd have to fight her over MOCKINGJAY. I've been practicing with forks, since they double as mini-tridents. BRING IT ON!

I've yet to win a MyraMac contest so here's hoping this is the one. I've been waiting patiently for CINDERELLA SOCIETY -- I even have a countdown widget on my blog! *picks a dandelion* *closes eyes* *blows* *makes a WISH*

Yup Myra,I agree Holly is awesome and the interview is awesome too!And it's so sweet that you love her so much!I have been waiting for my very own copy of Cinderella Society and I hope I win this!Keeping my fingers crossed!

I love cucumber water! I've never actually seen someone else say they even drink it! Fun interview and TCS sounds good, too. LOL about the lakes. There was a lake near my husband's school in Echo Park that they would dredge once a month to check for bodies. So when we saw it featured in a movie and the people were walking around it at night as if it were a lovely, romantic place, we just died laughing. If they only knew...!